Burial-casket



J. J. TIOKNER.

BURIAL GASKET.

Patented Aug. 22, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. TIOKNER, OF BANOROFT, MICHIGAN.

BURIAL-CASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,249, dated August22, 1882.

' Application filed May 11, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN JEROME TIGKNER, of Bancroft, in the county ofShiawassee and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Collins and Burial Gaskets or Cases, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in a coffin, burial casket or case of novelconstruction, whereby provisionis made for raising or arranging in amore or less elevated position the head and upper portion of the deadbody, and of adj usthaving a fiat bottom, b, which is interrupted or.

provided internally with an inclined head-rest, B, whereby the head andupper portion of the body is raised and the corpse made to occupy a morenatural'and life-like position than if stretched out horizontally. Saidhead-rest may be made removable by fitting it loosely within the casketand providing it with a metal strap, 0, hinged at d, and having a lowerstud or projection, c, which engages with any one of a series of holes,f, in a fixed bottom plate, whereby the head-rest may be set to occupydifl'erent inclinations.

The corpse may be laid on its side, and will have the appearance ofreclining in an attitude of repose, as if on a couch or sofa, and maybereadily viewed from a great distance.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1 The combination, with the head-board a,bottom 12, and loose head-rest B, of the metal strap 0, hinged at d, andhaving a stud or projection, 6, engaging anyone of a series of holes, f,in the fixed bottom plate, 9, as shown and described.

JOHN JEROME TIGKNER.

